Bagsnob.com's Tina Craig and yours truly are emceeing an event tomorrow night celebrating emerging Asian-American designers. Fashion for a Passion is Sat. night at 7 pm at Design District showroom and event space LandCo/7 Scenes (1202 N. Industrial Blvd.) and...
Here we have a young Mrs. Christina Aguilera arriving at the Africa Rising Concert in London shot just the other night. Please remember she was born in 1980. And now a picture of one Ms. Donatella Versace, born 1955....
The always clever Simon Doonan takes on America's hockey moms in the New York Observer and asks them to get out, go shop and "gussy up" (he suggests heavily fringed Louboutin spike-heeled boots in purple ($1,575 at Barneys) to...
Don't say you didn't see this coming... politics have always made for great Halloween costumes (Hello, Monica Lewinsky-- don't tell me you don't remember that!?) and according to Yahoo! news, Sarah Palin costumes are hot, hot, hot. But instead...
A few weeks ago I blogged about my experience at Target (no longer known as Tarj-et among design-o-philes). I wrote about how I love the style & prices I find there, but hate the bargain basement feel of my...
So yesterday I'm reading New York Magazine's article about people who only wear one color, and one color only. It's so interesting--most of them say they feel strange if they're NOT wearing their one particular color, they feel annoyed...
Speaking of the Nasher, I fell in love with the jewelry of Horst Max Lebert (HML Berlin) on special exhibition this weekend at the Nasher Store in both the museum and at NorthPark. His work is industrial but delicate,...
Ladies and gents, the social season is underway here in Big "D" and up next, the Bags and Bubbly party for Heroes and Handbags, a charity that provides Texas families financial support during their child's cancer treatment. Bonus: the...
Virginia Postrel, an economics columnist for The New York Times, a columnist for Forbes and former editor of Reason magazine, has started a new blog, deepglamour.net Why? "DeepGlamour.net is a spinoff of my research for a book on glamour...
I think it was Samantha (you know, from Sex in the City) who said something like "Democratic party, Republican party...I don't care as long as it's a party." But with the Democratic National Convention almost underway and political ads...
I'm having a heckuva time this summer reading Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Luster by Dana Thomas, which is all about fashion industry and how bespoke went global and took away some of the quality that went along with...
Just like the boys here on this blog, I'm currently obsessed with nerd glasses, but I am not willing (or able) to shell out $300+ for my frames (note: there is a pair of Ray-Bans for $160 in the...
Fashion and architecture take cues from one another, but now shoe company Melissa is combining the two together with Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid's shoe line for the Brazilian brand. London's Guardian newspaper is not impressed. Under the headline...
At the recent Independent Artists Agency party held inside Robert Bellamy's amazing garden compound I spied many a forehead-wrapped headband among crowd. Makes sense; according to F!D Luxe retro fashion is alive and well. Then I see this website:...
Looking for an excuse for girls' night? Texas fashion designer Abi Ferrin will be hosting a trunk show (bonus: with white cosmos!) Tues., Aug 12, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Heritage Sales Center, 2927 Maple Ave....
Great minds think--and design-- alike. Jencey Hirunrusme (a name you might know if you're into local music-- she's one half of the rocking duo Smile Smile) has decided to start an interactive, graphic design, ultra-media company called manilla. And...
Roberto Cavailli has created three new dresses only available in Italy...and, oh yeah, they're bottles of Coca-Cola Light. Roberto Cavalli declared: "I had a lot of fun creating three different "dresses" for the legendary silhouette of the Coca Cola...
OK people, that's it. This has got to stop. Look, I know it's super cool to be a back-to-nature hipster. (It's good for us to get back to nature! I agree!) But this image of the hot guy who...
From the mouth of Tim Gunn: Crocs are fugly. Also, Vincent Libretti was the most "kickable" Project Runway contestant. Oh, and pear-shaped women "let your shoulders be your friends." Check out these items and more at Time Magazine's video...
Dang. It's barely been a year. According to WWD last week, "Peter Som has reportedly resigned as creative director at Bill Blass, a year to the day since he joined the company. Bill Blass' decision to scrap the September fashion...
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